poison pill

n. an element introduced into the restructuring of a corporation so that it becomes undesirable for another corporation to take over. Acme Corporation approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SlÀIne	-	Scottish
Gretchen	['gretʃən]
Iman	-	Arabic, Persian, Indonesian
Rathna	-	Tamil
Ida	['aidə]
HalİM	-	Turkish